Chimpanzee Society: Power, Conflict And the Roots of War

In chimpanzee society, the line between community and chaos is thinner than it seems.

Apr 13 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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Who Sleeps Better in Africa? Not Who You Think

Sleep is essential to our wellbeing...always try to get enough sleep.

Apr 7 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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March 2026

Climate Change is Disrupting Africa’s Food Systems

What does this look like in real life? Floods washing contaminants onto crops, heat spoiling stored food faster, and poor infrastructure making safe…

Mar 30 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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How Did Humans Modernise Their Tools?

It was a story of patience, adaptation, and gradual change that played out over hundreds of thousands of years on African soil.

Mar 23 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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Why Many Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Are Still Missing the Polio Vaccine

About two out of every three children received the vaccine, while one in three children did not.

Mar 16 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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What Happens When Women Try Menstrual Underwear?

Menstrual health is often overlooked in humanitarian responses, yet it has a direct impact on women’s health, dignity, and daily life.

Mar 9 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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When Weather Is Hotter, Fewer Boys May Be Born

Researchers analysed nearly five million births across 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India.

Mar 2 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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February 2026

Outsmarting Climate Linked Diseases With Data Science

To study these complicated patterns between diseases and climate change, scientists are increasingly using advanced data science tools.

Feb 23 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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Africa’s Smoke That Steals Lives

Smoke inside small kitchens and homes is putting millions of African children at greater risk of dying before their fifth birthday.

Feb 16 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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Africa’s Renewable Energy Dream Has a Weather Problem

The world cooled in 2025 but not East Africa...and 45 years of Africa's weather data offers snippets of our weather problem.

Feb 9 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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Climate Change Making Malaria Harder to Defeat

Climate change could cause 123 million additional malaria cases and more than 500,000 extra deaths in Africa between 2024 and 2050

Feb 2 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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January 2026

Africa’s Road To Electric Cars

Electric vehicles charged with their own solar power systems are likely to become both cheaper and cleaner than petrol or diesel vehicles...soon.

Jan 26 • Musinguzi Blanshe

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